Growing up

The chicks are growing.

One of the Australorps was looking decidedly inactive, confused, and runty this morning. She kept pecking the side of the brooder. She didn't seem as active as the others.

Nena tried taking some of the chick starter feed and making some mash in a shallow dish. The runty one jumped up into it and started gobbling away, and was so aggressive as to actually drive away the others when they'd try to get to close. I called it her "Queen of the Mash" stance. This is particularly impressive to watch because the two Ameraucanas especially have about 50% more size on her and they're not afraid to use their size to their advantage.